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Mantis shrimps are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma) 'mouth' and ποδός (podós) 'foot'). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, [ 2 ] with more than 520 extant species of mantis shrimp known.
Odontodactylus scyllarus, commonly known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, clown mantis shrimp, rainbow mantis shrimp, or simply mantis shrimp, is a large stomatopod native to the epipelagic seabed across the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Marianas to East Africa, and as far South as Northern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa.
Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp. [2] It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region and in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean.
The mantis uses this technique to bash its prey to pieces or spear them with their barbed tips. Its limbs strike so fast that the water around them boils and can light up from the heat.
Fish that have been fitted with radio transmitters have traveled as far as 1,000 km (620 mi) from where they were caught, and descended to depths of at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [45] M. alfredi is a more resident and coastal species. Seasonal migrations do occur, but they are shorter than those of M. birostris. [15]
The following is a list of the freshwater fish species of Greece. The list includes all the known species, with their valid scientific names, their official common Greek names and any sub-species. [1]
Squilla mantis for sale at a Catalan market. S. mantis is the only native stomatopod to be fished for on a commercial scale in the Mediterranean. Over 7,000 t is caught annually, 85% of which is caught on Italian shores of the Adriatic Sea, [9] with further production in the Ionian Sea, off Sardinia, off the coast of Catalonia and off the Balearic Islands.
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